The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : 15-9.

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Chapter 15: The Rarest of Devotees-9.

God is omniscient and sees all things with millions of eyes.

God looks to the feelings rather than the words that are uttered, the prayers that the lips offer and the materials that are placed before the symbol of God as the sacrament, the prasad or the gifts.

There is nothing material that we can offer to God, because nothing really belongs to us, and what does not belong to us cannot be offered as a gift.

 And so our offerings to God are a misnomer again, and they have a value only in the sense that they are the expressions of our feelings.

As we offer a light or wave a lamp before the brilliance of the sun though the sun is not in need of a candle or an arti, and one does not have to perform ablutions with water to the ocean, likewise there is no need of any kind of offering to the Almighty.

Yet our feelings shall be recognised.

Even a leaf that is offered, even a drop of water that is sanctified in the name of God shall satisfy Him, because it is offered with love.

"Tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami prayatatmanah."

Meaning : - What satisfies reality is reality alone; the unreal cannot satisfy the real, and the greatest reality is God’s existence and God’s Being.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ....


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